By Joan Kurtz

CSJO recently joined with other diverse nontheistic organizations to participate in "The Secular Week of Action, May 1 – 10, 2020" to mobilize secular people to make positive changes in our communities and to work together to demonstrate our shared commitment to making this world, here and now, a better place.

I joined Zooniverse (www.zooniverse.org) to participate in online research projects. From its website: "The Zooniverse is the world's largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. This research is made possible by volunteers — more than a million people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers."

I scrolled through various subject options on Zooniverse's website — medicine, science, arts, humanities, just to name a few. I chose to transcribe the handwritten conference notes left by Supreme Court justices. These transcriptions will provide unprecedented access to the justices' conversations in thousands of Court decisions.

The process is basically to look over the court case being presented, read (or attempt to decipher) the justice's handwritten notes and then transcribe to the best of my abilities what I believe is written. Fortunately, nine other volunteers will also transcribe the same notes. This will assure that we all transcribed the notes as best as we could. Since I have been stuck at home due to the pandemic, I usually transcribe one to three sets of notes a day. I have transcribed notes from Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justices Blackmum, Stewart, Douglas and Stevens.

I encourage others to check out Zooniverse. You might find something that interests you and will help scientists and researchers complete their projects.